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Prison Movement: Emily Deruy: What it Costs When We Don’t Educate Inmates for Life After Prison: The Costs of Warehousing Humans

FreeStatePlus wrote 11 hours ago: Costs of Not Educating Prison Inmates What it Costs When We Don’t Educate Inmates for Life After Pri … more →

Tags: Crime and Punishment, American Corrections System, American prison system, corrections system, emily deruy, Prison System

June 17, 2013

colortree wrote 1 day ago: Dear Brother, Something I struggle with is procrastination. They say, “A stitch in time saves … more →

Tags: Thinking of you, Love, crystal stair, World Peace, talking to a relative in prison, great love, Heal The World, prayer for forgiveness, thinking of others

Current events journal: Solitary Confinement

Lisa Dawson wrote 2 days ago: Reblogged from Important Insights: Reading about the various types of solitary confinements present … more →

Former Guantánamo detainee tells of force-feed1 comment

Lisa Dawson wrote 3 days ago: June 15, 2013 | Ben Fox for Associated Press Ahmed Zuhair at Guantanamo in prison camp GUANTANAMO BA … more →

Tags: Prison Torture, Guantánamo Bay Prison, Prison Conditions, Guantanamo, hunger strike, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, solitary confinement = torture, force-feeding

Texas Man Sentenced to 50 Years In Prison For Stealing ... $35 Of Ribs?

Lisa Dawson wrote 3 days ago: Reblogged from Prisonmovement's Weblog: Justice- Texas Style..... Texas Man Sentenced to 50 Yea … more →

One of the Darkest Periods in the History of American Prisons

Lisa Dawson wrote 3 days ago: Reblogged from Prisonmovement's Weblog: Recent lawsuits and Justice Department investigations h … more →

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

Lisa Dawson wrote 3 days ago: June 15, 2013 | By Lisa Dawson for Solitary Watch Records kept by the Colorado Department of Correct … more →

Tags: Criminal justice reform, Solitary Confinement, Prison Torture, Prison Conditions

A Chance to Provide Books for Women in Prison5 comments

Lurene Kelley wrote 4 days ago: UPDATE: THE JUNE 15TH BOOK DRIVE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT ORGANIZERS ARE POSTPONING THE 2ND DRIVE.   P … more →

Tags: outreach

WHY CALIFORNIA’S NEW SOLITARY CONFINEMENT POLICY IS A HUMAN RIGHTS DISASTER

Lisa Dawson wrote 5 days ago: Reblogged from Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: In 2011, thousands of California state prisoners e … more →

Pepper spray and restraint chairs: "Use of force" at Colorado's supermax 3 comments

Lisa Dawson wrote 5 days ago: June 12, 2013 | By Alan Prendergast | Denver Westword Blogs Source: Denver Westword Blogs The year b … more →

Tags: Solitary Confinement, Prison Torture, mental illness, Prison Conditions, Solitary Confinement, Supermax, mental illness, Colorado State Penitentiary, colorado department of corrections

Prison Outburst5 comments

redwhiteandprison wrote 5 days ago: According to the Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, the United States, over … more →

Tags: prison boom, Crime, Money, Discrimination, Prison, Business, Criminal Justice, injustice, private prison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—JUNE 10, 2013 Sleep Deprivation Intensifies Torture Conditions for Prisoners in Advance of Hunger Strikes and Work Actions

Lisa Dawson wrote 5 days ago: Reblogged from Moorbey'z Blog: Oakland— Less than a month before state-wide hunger strikes are … more →

New Models in Public Safety: Rethinking Criminal Justice in Southern California1 comment

Princess Masilungan wrote 5 days ago: Last week, I attended a conference at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at USC, entitled “New Mod … more →

Tags: Personal Musings & Reflections, mass incarceration, Raben Group, Criminal Justice, Californians for Safety and Justice, alternatives to incarceration

U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

Lisa Dawson wrote 6 days ago: Reblogged from Moorbey'z Blog: Guest Post by the Human Rights Coalition Editors’ Note: The foll … more →

Transinstitutionalization: How Prison Became the Primary Mental Health Institute In the U.S.3 comments

redwhiteandprison wrote 6 days ago: Deinstitutionalization is a fallacy—it never happened. Mental health institutions were widespread th … more →

Tags: mental illness, activists, antipsychotic drugs, CORRECTION OFFICER, Criminal Justice, deinstitutionalization, Discrimination, Hollywood, Human Rights

ACTION ALERT: William Van Poyck: Sentenced under false pretenses, yet scheduled to be executed in MINUTES2 comments

Lisa Dawson wrote 6 days ago: Sentenced under false pretenses, William Van Poyck has spent the last 26 years held in solitary on F … more →

Tags: Criminal justice reform, Solitary Confinement, Death Penalty, Pétitions, Sentencing Practices, activism, Prison Torture, Writing from Prison, Announcements

Contact Tony Medina - What can you send to Tony Medina

Lisa Dawson wrote 6 days ago: Reblogged from A Innocent on Death Row: Anthony Medina # 999204 Polunsky Unit 3872 FM 350 South Livi … more →

Free Herman Bell Official Website

Lisa Dawson wrote 6 days ago: Reblogged from Moorbey'z Blog: Check out our new video Free Herman Bell on the recently launche … more →

An Argument for Prison Reform by a Conservative1 comment

crimcourts wrote 6 days ago: This article ran in the NYTimes, which may seem an ironic place to locate a strong, conservative arg … more →

Tags: Criminal Law, Florida, Chad Johnson, NY Times, Richard Viguerie, Jail


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